• Dipcadi montanum

    Dipcadi montanum (Dalzell) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 398 1870. (Syn: Ornithogalum turbinatum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt; Uropetalon montanum Dalzell; Uropetalum montanum Dalzell); . Dipcadi, दीपकाडी Deepkadi (Marathi), Katuvengain (Tamil);  . DIP-kad-ee — a Turkish name for the musk hyacinth … Dave’s Botanary MON-tah-nuh or mon-TAY-nuh — of the mountains…

  • Dipcadi saxorum

    Dipcadi saxorum Blatt., J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 32: 736 1928. (Syn: Ornithogalum saxorum (Blatt.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt);   Images by Viplav Gangar   on the rocky plateau near Kanheri Caves in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai on 6/7/08. Is it Dipcadi ?? – indiantreepix | Google Groups Is it…

  • Dipcadi

    Dipcadi concanense (Dalzell) Baker (Images by Rekha Shahane) Dipcadi montanum (Dalzell) Baker (As per efi thread: On Checking the Key from BSI plant may be Dipcadi ursulae and not Dipcadi montanum as the bracts are longer than pedicel) Dipcadi reidii Deb & S.Dasgupta (Images by D.S.Rawat) Dipcadi saxorum Blatt. (Images by Viplav…

  • Liliaceae

    Cardiocrinum giganteum (Wall.) Makino (Images by Ushaprabha Page (1,2,4) and Balkar Singh (3)) Clintonia udensis Trautv. & C.A.Mey. (Images by D.S.Rawat) Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don (Images by Viplav Gangar & Gurcharan Singh) Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl.  Gagea reticulata (Pall.) Schult. & Schult.f.   Gagea serotina (L.) Ker Gawl. (Images by Gurcharan…

  • Diospyros species ?

        at Tiwai Hill plateau, near Chas-kaman dam- Feb’09?; Plant 2 – indiantreepix | Google Groups .. From literautres I am finding it near to Bistendu i.e. D.montana as fruits are not eaten .. CG2010-3 – efloraofindia | Google Groups          

  • Diospyros montana ?

    Diospyros montana Roxb. (Syn: Diospyros cordifolia Roxb.; Diospyros montana var. cordifolia (Roxb.) Hiern ….) ?; . Quarrelsome tree, Jagala ganti mara, Nila viruksha, Kare mara,  Kari, Kari maram; .. Tamal of Brindaban : ID Please : 12 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) About two years back we had long discussion on “Tamala“….

  • Diospyros montana

    Diospyros montana Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 37 1795. (Syn: Diospyros auriculata Wight ex Hiern; Diospyros bracteata Roxb.; Diospyros calcarea Fletcher; Diospyros calycina Bedd.; Diospyros cordifolia Roxb.; Diospyros dioica Span.; Diospyros glauca Rottler; Diospyros goindu Dalzell; Diospyros heterophylla Wall. ex G.Don; Diospyros humilis Bourd.; Diospyros kanjilalii Duthie; Diospyros microcarpa Span.; Diospyros…

  • Diospyros melanoxylon

    Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 36 1795. (Syn. Diospyros dubia Wall. ex A.DC.; Diospyros exsculpta Bedd.; Diospyros roylei Wall. ex A.DC.; Diospyros wightiana Wall. ); . Coromandel Ebony, Black Ebony, Ebony Persimmon, Kendu leaves, Tendu leaves, Ebony, East Indian Ebony • Bengali: Kend, Kendu • Hindi: आबनूस Abnus, Kendu,…

  • Diospyros malabarica

    Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 1099 1834. (syn. Diospyros biflora Blanco; Diospyros citrifolia Wall. ex A.DC.; Diospyros embryopteris Pers. ; Diospyros glutinifera (Roxb.) Wall.; Diospyros glutinosa J.König ex Roxb.; Diospyros malabarica var. siamensis (Hochr.) Phengklai; Diospyros peregrina (Gaertn.) Gürke; Diospyros peregrina f. javanica Kosterm.; Diospyros siamensis Hochr.; Embryopteris gelatinifera…

  • Diospyros kaki ?

    Diospyros kaki Thunb. ?; . ID KANNUR 1/19 : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1) – 1 Mb. Please identify this tree from a riparian system of Kannur district of Kerala collected in May 2019 Diospyros ? Looks like Diospyros ebenum of Ebenaceae family. Thanks a lot, …, I…

  • Diospyros kaki

    Diospyros kaki Thunb., Syst. Veg. ed. 14 918 1784. (syn. Diospyros amara Perrier; Diospyros argyi H.Lév.; Diospyros bertii André; Diospyros chinensis Blume [Invalid]; Diospyros costata Carrière; Diospyros kaempferi Naudin; Diospyros kaki var. aurantium André …….; Diospyros lycopersicon Carrière; Diospyros mazelii E.Morren; Diospyros roxburghii Carrière; Diospyros schi-tse Bunge; Diospyros sinensis Naudin; Diospyros sphenophylla…

  • Diospyros ferrea

    Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh., Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 162 (1933). (Syn: Diospyros angustifolia (Miq.) Kosterm., Diospyros egbert-walkeri Kosterm., Diospyros ferrea var. angustifolia (Miq.) Bakh. …………..; Diospyros nigrescens (Dalzell) C.J.Saldanha in C.J.Saldanha & D.H. Nicolson, Diospyros salomonensis (Bakh.) Kosterm., Diospyros vera (Lour.) A.Chev.,  Ebenoxylum verum Lour., Ebenus lamponga (Miq.) Kuntze, Ebenus nigrescens (Dalzell) Kuntze, Ferreola buxifolia…

  • Diospyros buxifolia

    Diospyros buxifolia (Blume) Hiern, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 218 1873. (Syn: Diospyros elegantissima Bakh.; Diospyros microphylla Bedd.; Diospyros munda Hiern; Ebenus buxifolia (Blume) Kuntze; Leucoxylum buxifolium Blume; Maba elegans Ridl.); . Tamil: Chinna thuvarei, Irambali, Irampalai, Irumbalim Mari thovarai, Kattu thovarai, Karianthov  Malayalam: Kattathovara; . Dioecious trees, to 30…

  • Diospyros

    Diospyros buxifolia (Blume) Hiern Diospyros candolleana Wight (Peninsular India (Endemic))              Diospyros chloroxylon Roxb. Diospyros crumenata Thwaites Diospyros discolor Willd. Diospyros ebenum J.König ex Retz. Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh.  (Images by Ramjee (Id by N Muthu Karthick), P Santhan & Dinesh Valke  (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on…

  • Ebenaceae

    Species, genera & family pages of‎‎‎ ‎Ebenaceae‎ are now with images : 1 post by 1 author. Species, genera & family pages of‎‎‎ ‎Ebenaceae‎ are now with images. I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identifications in future.

  • Dioscorea tomentosa

    Dioscorea tomentosa J.König ex Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 92 1815. (Syn: Helmia tomentosa (J.König ex Spreng.) Kunth); . Malayalam Noolamkizhangu, Inckkachil, Chavu, Pindi, Inthikachil, Nuli, Chavankizhangu, Inthi Kachchil, Chavali Others Nurai Tamil Shaval Kilangu, Nalvaelikizhangu . Stem twining to the left, terete, tomentose. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets subequal, to…

  • Dioscorea species

    amit uid 1 1392011:  Attaching photo of a climber collected from Chopta, Uttarakhand in Quercus forest at an altitude of about 2900 mts. Please help in identification. Dioscorea is also possibily, although I thought leaves are more rigid like Smilax. At the same time stipule tendrils of Smilax are not visible in…

  • Dioscorea hispida

    Dioscorea hispida Dennst., Schlüssel Hortus Malab. 33 1818. (syn. Dioscorea daemona Roxb.; Dioscorea daemona var. reticulata Hook.f.; Dioscorea hirsuta Blume; Dioscorea hispida var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea hispida var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Sanjappa; Dioscorea lunata Roth; Dioscorea mollissima Blume; Dioscorea triphylla var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea triphylla…

  • Dioscoreaceae

    Dioscorea alata L. – D. alata can be mistaken for D.bulbifera, one of the main differences between the 2 is that in the former the “stem climbs to the right” [in a clockwise direction, whereas in the latter, the “stem climbs to the left” [in an anti-clockwise direction]. Also seen are…